If you are a musician you are an urbanist…

Especially if you are touring locally. Sure, there are countless variables impacting the business of a venue on any given night. However, you can't deny that a connected walkable, bikeable, and transit rich downtown or small town show will offer a greater chance of more people coming AND staying longer. More importantly, if you care to partake in the extracurriculars; a drunk/high walk or ride on the rail/bus home is far safer than operating machinery at whatever speeds while looking out for Ford Explorers and flashing lights at 11pm. Honestly too, it's far more fun. Though, I am weird and 6ft2, so fun might be subjective. 

Probably not though, as in urban environments like this it’s possible to catch another show or just check out the local area. In fact, just more people out walking improves the health, safety, and economics of an area. This starts a positive cycle chugging ever so slightly around, like a steam locomotive accelerating. Bringing local business more, well business; but also more of those sweet Green Georgies. More revenue means a business or venue is more flexible with how they want to operate. A local customer base that comes out later allows businesses to slowly extend hours down the line. This continues the positive feedback loop of accessibility creating more incentive for accessibility. 

Well? Where the hell do we begin? Building a place for people is very much a set it and forget it type of deal once you get the ball rolling. Strong Towns is a great organization that not only promotes the ideals of urbanism, but also offers research into effective ways to implement such urban design. By improving an area's urban form you are improving the safety, efficiency, mobility, and economy potential of a town or city.